Garment hanger



March 20, 1951 1BB s 2,545,637

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 9, 1949 Away/v2.

, fiawi/w/za/r/ig Patented Mar. 20, 1951 j UNITED-"STATES" PATENT. OFFICE George M. Tibbitts, Santa Ana, Calif.

Application April 9, 1949, Serial No. 86,507

This invention relates to an improvement in garment hangers, and particularly a hanger for Womens skirts.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel hanger of the character stated, in which the skirt is supported by the outward springing action of the hanger itself, and without the use of clips, clamps, or the like.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel hanger of the character stated, in which the skirt engaging foot is constantly pressed outwardly by the angular position of the hanger finger, thus adequately supporting the skirt and tenaciously holding the same irrespective of the weight which might be placed by the skirt upon the hanger. 1

Still another object of my invention is to provide a novel hanger of the character stated, which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and effective in operation.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my garment hanger.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2--2 of Figure 1. g

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the hanger, showing a modified form of foot. 7

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of the hanger, showing still another modified form of foot.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, my garment hanger may be formed of a single length of spring wire, or it may be formed of two pieces of wire.

Assuming that a single length of wire is used to form the hanger, the wires are bent at the center to form a hook I. The wires are then twisted above each other to form the shank 2. Laterally extending links 34 extend from the shank 2 and these links project in opposite directions. An upwardly extending loop 5 extends from the end of the link 4 and a similar upwardly extending loop 6 extends from thelink 3. A finger 1 projects outwardly and upwardly from the loop 5 and a foot 8 is mounted on the outer end of this finger, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The foot 8 is formed of rubber, plastic or the like, and is pivotally attached to the outer end of the finger 1, this finger being bent as shown at 9 and fitted in the foot 8 to pivotally mount this foot, substantially as shown, A Similar out- 2 Claims. (Cl. 22395) 2 ward and upwardly extending arm Ill projects from the loop 6 and a foot H is attached to the outer end of this finger.

It is to be noted that the fingers 'I-IO will be yieldably pressed outwardly and when the feet 8I| are inserted in the hem of a skirt,

' the outside diameter of the garment hanger will be somewhat reduced, thus creating an outward spring inclination of the spring feet 8-4 I. Due to the upward inclination of the fingers l -40, any downward force on the feet 8-l I will spring these feet outward in an arch, due to this upward inclination of the fingers, and, consequently, the more outward force is exerted on the feet 8| I, the greater will be the outward pressure of these feet against the garment. Consequently, my hanger will be supported within the garment by the spring pressure of the garment hanger and also the inclination of the fingers 1--l0.

The loops 5 and 6 can also be grasped by the fingers of the user to contract the feet 8-H, and thus insert the hanger into the skirt.

As shown in Figure 3, the outer foot'can be formed of the wire itself, that is, the outer finger l2 of the hanger can be bent to form the foot 13,

as shown. I

As shown in Figure 4, the outer foot can be formed integrally with the wire of the hanger and in this instance the finger M can be formed with a coil l5, substantially as shown.

In both these latter instances, the foot member l3 or ill bears against the hem of the skirt, thus serving to engage and hold this skirt.

The, prime purpose of the upwardly inclined fingers !I9 is: as the. weight is exerted on the feet 8ll, the fingers 1-l0 will tend to swing downwardly. However, this attempted downward movement will urge the feet 8-ll outwardly, thus attempting to increase the outer diameter of the garment hanger, which, of course, is impossible due to the hem of the skirt or other garment. Consequently, this outward force against the feet 8H will securely hold the hanger in position in the garment.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A garment hanger formed of spring wire and comprising an upwardly extending hook, a pair of laterally extending and centrally positioned links projecting from a shank portion of the hook said links being positioned in substantially the same plane, a loop formed on the outer end of each of said links, and an upwardly and outwardly extending finger projecting from each of said loops, and a foot on the outer end 3 4 of each of said fingers, said feet engaging the pended, said feet being pivotally mounted on the garment to be suspended. outer end of each finger.

2. A garment hanger formed of spring wire GEORGE M. TIBBITTS. and comprising an upwardly extending hook, a pair of laterally extending and centrally posi- 5 NCES CITED tioned links projecting from a shank portion of The following references are of record in the the hook, a. loop formed on the outer end of each file of this patent:

of said links, and an upwardly and outwardly extending finger projecting from each of said UNITED STATES PATENTS loops, and a foot on the outer end of each oi said 10 Number Name Date fingers, said feet engaging the garment to be sus- 373,545 Winslow" Nmr. 22, 1887 834,800 Hawk Oct. 30, 1906 

